Ropes, Shearman and Slaughters win key roles on Liberty Global’s proposed acquisition of Cable & Wireless Kathryn McCann17 November 2015Corporate and M&A Ropes & Gray, Shearman & Sterling and Slaughter and May have landed key roles on the proposed £5.5bn acquisition of Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) by Virgin Media owner Liberty Global.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryThirty firms win roles in revamped £820m government legal panel – with three new appointmentsA&O Shearman’s first post-merger accounts reveal scale of pension deficit and partner capital injections‘Anything that begins with admin is at risk’ – the pressures fuelling firms’ business services cuts‘For us, it all came together’ – how Proskauer built a London high yield offering in 12 monthsSlaughters, Gibson Dunn lead on Daily Mail’s £500m Telegraph Media Group acquisitionCohen & Gresser follows McDermott in eyeing up external investmentRevolving doors: Simpson Thacher, Latham, Sidley lead New Year London moves‘Seize every opportunity’ – Paul Hastings partner Reena Gogna on City law, Suits and poetryFive partners vie to succeed Hoyland as Simmons managing partner